Turkey

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Design Operations

Service Design

UX Testing

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Mentor / Founder

UIX101

Usability Testing

Public Speaking

Communication

Problem-solving

Time management

Empathy

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Leadership

Design systems

LinkedIn writing

WordPress

Adobe Photoshop

Balsamiq

ChatGPT

Figma

HTML

Stakeholder management

Accessibility

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

How to define and execute a successful launch and managing stakeholders expectations. (eg. MVP)

Launching new products or features

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

UI/UX Portfolyo Mentorluğu.
Kaynaklar, Rehberlik ve Kariyer Danışmanlığı.

* Designing, maintaining and ensuring Interior Affairs' 3500+ web sites to be more user friendly and accessible to everyone.
  ✓ WCAG 2.1
  ✓ KAMİS
  ✓ Responsive
  ✓ Secure

✓ Designing and applying user interfaces of eBay Turkey web sites and other projects of the company.
✓ Designing and applying user interfaces (css3 + xhtml) coordinated with UX/UI Graphic Designers. - SEO friendly designing of the category, search result and product pages.
✓ Worked with CMS operators of eBay Turkey for advertorial campaigns.
* ✓ Applying E-mail marketing mail designs.
Worked in challenging time limited task lists. All accomplished successfuly.
✪ Gittigidiyor.com, 2007-2010 (UI, UX, Frontend)
✪ Pabbuc.com, 2009 (Support)
✪ Pudra.com, 2009 (Outsource)
✪ Timsah.com, 2008 (First visual design application)
✪ Sevgi.net, Istanbul.net, Ankara.net, İzmir.net (Re-design)

✓ Helping and assisting companies and EU Projects on their online reputation.
✓ Creating and securing responsive & user friendly web sites.
✓ "Responsive, Cross browser, Functional and Clear"

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